Thursday, August 13, 2015

A Hint to Editors

Hint for editors: 

If you get an email from me that says "thank you for your comments on my submission, but could you please be a bit more specific about what you think I need to add" don't just send your original note back to me. 

I read it already.  It didn't help.

10 comments:

  1. UnknownAugust 13, 2015 at 2:31 PM

    Dear Professor Morose:
    Your paper should include a section on the semiotics of the hamster-function and the alterity of the gerbil subaltern. I recommend that you look at the brilliant work of Dr. Frances Bow, who is totally not one of the reviewers. Also, make your paper shorter.

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  2. KateAugust 13, 2015 at 2:44 PM

    If the takeaway wasn't "it needs to be more like my research," read it again.

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  3. Middle-Aged and MoroseAugust 13, 2015 at 3:03 PM

    the comments were a bit, um, broad. "look at Smith." Um, I did. I dealt with Smith in several places. Did I not discuss Smith on hamsters to your liking? Do I need to talk more about Smith on Gerbils? My paper is mostly about mice, and Smith doesn't talk about mice much, though I did refer to Smith there as well on page 7. "look at Smith" I am, what specifically about Smith? "Look at Smith." ARGH.

    I have two other articles and a book in the works with deadlines coming. I think this paper just got shoved to the back of the line.

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    1. Ogre Proctor HepAugust 13, 2015 at 11:41 PM

      Frankie nailed it. When "look at Smith" goes through my Translocompacitator, what comes out is: "I am Smith, and I want you to cite my papers more than you do."

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    2. Rosencrantz Andor GuildensternAugust 16, 2015 at 7:10 AM

      There's an Agent Smith joke in here somewhere, but I can't put my finger on it.

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    3. Ogre Proctor HepAugust 16, 2015 at 10:42 AM

      I suspect your comment is more clever than I am.

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  4. Middle-Aged and MoroseAugust 13, 2015 at 3:04 PM

    Oh, and your comment to me about how your needed more articles and why your journal is behind a couple issues suddenly has new meaning for me...

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    1. Ogre Proctor HepAugust 14, 2015 at 8:20 AM

      To me, it would mean I should consider publishing in another journal.

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    2. Middle-Aged and MoroseAugust 14, 2015 at 9:05 AM

      I took it that way as well...

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  5. The Contemplative CynicAugust 16, 2015 at 2:17 AM

    Don't forget having to learn a lovely new format that no one other than this particular journal uses.

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